Pono e hoʻomākaukau no ka Spring Festival ma Kina

ʻO ka lā 23 o La Yue ma Kina akau a me ka lā 24 o ka mahina ma Kina hema ka Xiao Nian Festival ma ka kalena lunar Kina. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Xiao Nian ʻo "Little (Chinese) New Year," e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Spring Festival.

I kēia lā, hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale maʻamau nā kānaka. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka hapa nui o nā akua e hoʻi i ka lani e haʻi i kā lākou hana i ka makahiki hope, no laila hiki i nā kānaka ke hana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole a hōʻeha ʻole paha iā lākou.

ʻO ka lā 26 o La Yue, ʻai nā ʻohana he nui i ka puaʻa a kuke i ka ʻiʻo. ʻO nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe, ka poʻe ʻaʻole hānai puaʻa, e hele i ka hale kūʻai kūloko no kahi hunk o ka ʻiʻo. I ka hui agrarian i ka wā ma mua, ʻaʻole loaʻa i ka poʻe ke ʻoliʻoli i ka ʻiʻo koe wale nō ka Spring Festival. Hōʻike ka ʻiʻo i ka hoʻolauleʻa nui loa i ka makahiki.

ʻO ka lā 27 o La Yue，ma ka holoi lole, ʻauʻau a ʻauʻau maikaʻi paha. He hōʻailona kēlā mau hana no ka holoi ʻana i nā pōʻino a me nā maʻi e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki hou o Kina.

ʻO ka lā 28 o La Yue, he kuʻuna ia e hoʻomākaukau mua i nā meaʻai nui a ka ʻohana a pau e ʻai ai i ka pule mua o Zheng Yue (ka mahina mua o ka Makahiki Hou Lunar). ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hana ʻia ka meaʻai nui i ka palaoa no ka mea maʻalahi ke mālama. Hoʻomaka ka hana mai ka lā 28 a hiki i hoʻokahi lā a ʻelua paha lā.

ʻO ka lā 29 o La Yue, ala ka poʻe ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi e kahili i nā hale kupapaʻu no ko lākou mau kūpuna a kuni i ka mea ʻala a me nā pepa joss i mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai iā lākou. He hōʻailona hoʻi kēia o ka waiwai kuʻuna "Xiao," a i ʻole ke aloha aloha, ma Kina.

ʻO ka hope, ʻo ia ka Spring Festival Eve. Manaʻo ʻia kēia lā ʻo ia ka lā koʻikoʻi no ka hui ʻana o ka ʻohana a puni ka makahiki. ʻO nā keiki hana a aʻo paha ma waho o ke kaona, hoʻi lākou i ka home e hoʻolauleʻa i ka ʻahaʻaina me ko lākou ʻohana.

Leʻaleʻa ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa i ka ʻahaʻaina nui i ka pō i ka nānā ʻana i ka gala Spring Festival. Noho lākou i ka pō a kali e kani i ka makahiki hou. ʻO ka dumpling ka meaʻai pono e ʻai ʻia. Hāʻawi nā lunakahiko i nā ʻeke ʻulaʻula a i ʻole nā ​​envelopes ʻulaʻula, me ke kālā i loko.

I ka ʻapo ʻana i ka lā mua o ka Makahiki Hou, kipa ka poʻe i nā hale o nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana a hana i nā aloha makahiki hou i kekahi i kekahi. Hoʻohana lākou i nā huaʻōlelo maikaʻi e pule no ka pōmaikaʻi i ka Makahiki Hou.